Tuesday’s campaign round-up

Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that won’t necessarily generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers:

* There’s a special election in California’s 36th congressional district today, pitting Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn (D) and businessman Craig Huey (R) in a competitive district generally won by Democrats. A PPP survey conducted by Daily Kos and SEIU, released yesterday, showed Hahn leading by eight points.

* Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) has gone from reaching out to Iowa Republicans to reaching out to New Hampshire Republicans. It would appear to be a pretty big hint about his possible presidential ambitions.

* With Kentucky’s gubernatorial race just four months away, the Republican Governors Association is launching a new attack ad against incumbent Gov. Steve Beshear (D). Beshear has a big lead over GOP nominee David Williams, but the RGA has so much money, it can afford to run ads in a race Republicans widely expect to lose.

* The far-right Club for Growth has put together some new attack ads, slamming Sens. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) for having voted in previous years to raise the debt ceiling. (Club for Growth’s president voted the same way during his congressional tenure.)

* Former Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) lost his re-election bid by nearly 18 points last year, but nevertheless plans to make a comeback in 2012. The liberal firebrand told an Orlando TV station yesterday he plans to run for the House again, though it’s unclear which district he’ll choose.